Eddie Griffin gives you his all in one of the funniest, most irreverent stand-up routines ever performed! Witness firsthand one of the hip-hop generation's leading comedians in his first stand-up broadcast, originally aired on HBO in 1997. VooDoo Child will keep you laughing through a virtual comedic drive-by that hits all of its targets: racism, sexism, homosexuality, education, religion, the Bible and Michael Jackson, not necessarily in that order. No person, group or creed is spared as with great skill and wit Eddie verbally pounces on everything and everybody and keeps it real in the process. Here's hip-hop comedy on the edge, filled with rage and loaded with truth!
Eddie Griffin gives you his all in one of the funniest, most irreverent stand-up routines ever performed! Witness firsthand one of the hip-hop generation's leading comedians in his first stand-up broadcast, originally aired on HBO in 1997. VooDoo Child will keep you laughing through a virtual comedic drive-by that hits all of its targets: racism, sexism, homosexuality, education, religion, the Bible and Michael Jackson, not necessarily in that order. No person, group or creed is spared as with great skill and wit Eddie verbally pounces on everything and everybody and keeps it real in the process. Here's hip-hop comedy on the edge, filled with rage and loaded with truth!
1997-05-31
6.1
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The annual roast of the Friars Club, a fraternal organization for comedians, is a big honor - and yet can be a major embarrassment. The roastee being honored is Jerry Stiller, who played Arthur Spooner on the CBS sitcom King of Queens. Attendees included two at one point named New York City mayors, Police Commissioner Howard Safir, The Golden Girls' Bea Arthur, Dr. Ruth, The Brady Bunch's Florence Henderson, and comedian Janeane Garofalo.
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